Light in the darkness - the girls in their lovely pearls at Thatcher funeral

Light in the darkness - the girls in their lovely pearls at Thatcher funeral

Light in the darkness - the girls in their lovely pearls at Thatcher funeral

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It's a family trait: Carol Thatcher and Sarah Thatcher, Mark’s second wife, wearing what has become the Thatcher staple - pearls

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Sheen: Amanda, the former Prime Minister’s granddaughter, wears what looks like her grandmother’s string of pearls. Could it be that they gave her the strength to speak in front of the distinguished crowd of mourners?

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Amanda, with the requisite string of pearls even at a young age, with the pearl-wearing Lady Thatcher at Sir Denis Thatcher's memorial service

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After speculation over whether she would even attend, The Queen led mourners at the funeral, wearing a mid-length double string of pearls. She and Margaret Thatcher have often been photographed together, both wearing pearls

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Twin: Carol Thatcher wears a 1920s' style long double string of small pearls framed by the fur collar of her coat

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For the funeral of the woman who was Prime Minister before her husband, Norma Major wore a short double string of pearls with a white blouse

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Ffion Hague's husband met Margaret Thatcher when he was a 16-year-old schoolboy speaking at the Tory Party Conference in 1977. He has said that modern Britain needs a dash of her resolve. At the funeral today, his elegant wife was at his side, with a chunky pearl necklace just visible tucked under her shift dress

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All eyes were on the Chancellor of the Exchequer, wondering if there was a tear in his eye. Sitting quietly next to him was his wife Frances, who also chose to wear a necklace, but of what looked like black pearls

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Margaret Thatcher was rarely seen without her string of pearls and they were very much in evidence at her funeral today.